Revision: The Tenses

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Revision: The Tenses

Revision: The Tenses

Tenses

• Present Simple
• Present Continuous
• Past Simple
• Future Simple

• Going to - Future

Present Simple

Use: habits, descriptions, general truth/facts, ...

Formation:

I, you, we, they   ->   same form as infinitive

He, she, it   ->   infinitive + s

Present Simple

• To regular verbs just add an s - Ex: travel >travels, give > gives, play >plays
  
• To verbs that end in s, ss, sh, ch, x, and o, add an es - Ex: wash > washes, mix > mixes, go >goes
  
• To verbs end in y after a consonant (any letter that isn't a vowel), change the y to i and add es. Ex: study > studies, fly > flies

Sarah _____ to school by bike.

1. go
2. gos
3. goes
4. is going

I _____ two times a week.

1. swim
2. swimming
3. swims
4. am swimming

My brother and I _____ running.

1. likes
2. like
3. laik
4. laikes

My aunt _____ football.

1. doesn't likes
2. don't like
3. doesn't like
4. don't like

Present Continuous

Use: Repeated actions, things/actions happening now, ...

Formation:

Simple Present ( to be ) + ing-form

Present Continuous

Ing-form:

Read -> Reading
Give -> Giving
Die -> Dying
Sit -> Sitting
Travel -> Travelling

My friends _____ to the cinema.

1. go
2. are going
3. gone
4. is going

Ashley _____ in a boarding school.

1. is living
2. are living
3. lives
4. is liveing

Luke _____ to Australia this summer.

1. travels
2. are traveling
3. is travelling
4. is trevelling

Past Simple

Use: Past events that are completely over, narration,...

Formation: 

Infinitive + ed

Past Simple

Listen -> Listened

Hope -> Hoped

Carry -> Carried

Stop -> Stopped

Travel -> Travelled

Panic -> Panicked

!!! Irregular forms -> Learn by heart

My sister _____ to New York last year.

1. travels
2. traveled
3. travelled
4. is travelling

Ellie _____ pasta yesterday.

1. coocked
2. cooked
3. is cooking
4. cook

Axl and Lisa _____ to the cinema last friday.

1. go
2. went
3. are going
4. is going

Future Simple

Use: certain future events, predictions about the future...

Formation:

Affirmative : will / 'll + infinitive

Negative : will not / won't + infinitive

My brother _____ to the cinema next week.

1. will go
2. wil go
3. goes
4. is going

I _____ to England next year.

1. am travelling
2. will travel
3. travel
4. wil travell

Going to - future

Use: Talk about things/actions in the near future, statements, ...

Formation:

present simple ( to be ) + going to + infinitive

I _____ the garage this afternoon.

1. am goin to paint
2. am going to paint
3. paint
4. are going to paint

Kelly _____ the tests in a minute.

1. was correcting
2. are going to correct
3. corrects
4. is going to correct

Mixed exercises

Mark _____ in an appartment for 5 years.

1. live
2. lived
3. lives
4. living

James _____ in Manchester.

1. works
2. work
3. working
4. to work

Alex _____ this topic in class tomorrow.

1. discussing
2. wil discuss
3. will discuss
4. to discuss